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Castle of Clariana

Argençola, Anoia, Barcelona

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Castle of Clariana

Monument · Argençola, Anoia, Barcelona

The castle of Clariana, in the municipal area of Argençola (Anoia), is documented for the first time in 989, when Eldemar bequeathed it in his will to his brother Sesmon de Oló, a levite linked to the church of Vic; the monastery of Sant Cugat also held rights over the place. In 1114 the abbot of Sant Cugat and Guillem Pere agreed to rebuild it, probably after its destruction by the Almoravids, and it was then that the Clariana lineage was formed, castellans of the place under the lordship of the abbot, confirmed by James I in 1234. Now in ruins, it preserves part of the walls and a badly damaged circular tower, 5.16 metres in external diameter, with three floors separated by vaults, as well as a rock-cut tomb that has already been plundered. It has been a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) since 1988.

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